Untamed Grace | Christian Deconstruction, Universalism, & Faith Beyond Fear
Untamed Grace is a Christian deconstruction podcast exploring Christian universalism, progressive Christianity, radical grace, and faith beyond fear.For wanderers, exvangelicals, doubters, and wounded believers untangling shame, rethinking hell, healing from toxic religion, and rediscovering a God rooted in inclusive love rather than fear. This is a space where fear-based faith gets reexamined through radical grace — where honest, gut-level questions are welcomed, spirituality becomes human again, and grace is allowed to remain untamed. Through thoughtful interviews and honest reflection, we wrestle with deconstruction, reconstruction, church harm, LGBTQ+ inclusion, purity culture, embodiment, intuition, eternal torment theology, and the beliefs many of us inherited — not to destroy faith, but to rebuild it around love, freedom, and wholeness. Untamed Grace exists for those learning to trust themselves again after religion taught them fear — exploring a spirituality with no fences, no fear-based control, and no scarcity of belonging.Because once grace is tamed, it ceases to be grace. A QuoirCast podcast. Written, edited, and produced by Jeromy Johnson.
Episodes
What if the moment your faith falls apart… isn't the end, but the beginning of flight?
What happens when you take the infinity of God seriously? Comparative theologian Jon Paul Syndor spent his career refusing to stay inside one tradition's walls — a PhD from Boston College studying Christian theology alongside deep immersion in Hinduism and Buddhism, two years in the Peace Corps reading every religious text he could f...
Apostate. Heretic. Backslider. Every high-control religion has a word for the ones who walk away. In this episode of Untamed Grace, Jeromy sits down with Kristin Montgomery, who spent her life inside generations-deep Mormonism — ancestors who crossed the plains with Brigham Young, daily early-morning seminary, three-hour Sundays, church callings, tithing requirements, and temple recommends — and who eventually earned th...
What if the part of you the church told you to fight was never the enemy?
In this episode of Untamed Grace, Jeromy sits down with Andy Wells, author of Tried to Be Straight, for a deeply honest conversation about conversion therapy, LGBTQ faith, queer theology, and learning to stop asking for permission to exist.
Andy spent years as a devoted Christian while privately wrestling with being gay. He pursued conversion therapy, lived w...
What does it take to survive when the people and systems that were supposed to protect you become part of the pain?
In this episode of Untamed Grace, Jeromy sits down with Grace Sandra for a powerful conversation about childhood trauma, abuse, racial identity, church hurt, healing, and the long journey of learning to trust yourself again.
Grace shares her story of growing up with sexual abuse, family dysfunction, and a mother strug...
What happens when you grow up being taught that your inner voice is dangerous?
In this episode of Untamed Grace, Jeromy sits down with Nanette Foster for a deeply honest conversation about religious conditioning, intuition, church hurt, and learning to trust yourself again after fear-based faith.
Raised in a deeply fundamentalist environment shaped by control, certainty, and distrust of the self, Nanette shares her personal journey...
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After a lot of reflection, thought, and honestly… a bit of mourning… Slutty Grace is entering a new chapter.
In this special standalone episode, Jeromy shares the deeply personal story behind the podcast’s evolution into Untamed Grace — why the name is changing, why the heart of the show isn’t, and how the deeper voice of the podcast slowly emerged over the past year.
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What happens when the faith that once gave your life meaning… stops working?
In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy sits down with Jim Palmer—former megachurch pastor, founder of The Center for Non-Religious Spirituality, and guide for those navigating Christian deconstruction, religious trauma, and life after leaving the church.
Jim shares his story of rising through the ranks of evang...
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If God really restores all things… does that include Satan?
In this episode, Jeromy sits down with Justin Coutts to explore one of the most uncomfortable—and revealing—questions in Christian theology: can Satan and demons be saved?
What starts as a listener question turns into a much deeper conversation about the nature of evil, the purpose of hell, and whether anything is truly be...
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Purity culture didn’t just teach rules about sex — it reshaped how we see ourselves.
In this episode of Slutty Grace, we explore the lasting impact of evangelical purity culture — from sexual shame and fear-based teaching to the deeper loss of self-trust and identity.
Jeromy sits down with Mattie Jo Cowsert for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what purity culture took: self-...
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Maybe the problem wasn’t God… maybe it was my theology.
This episode is part of a short journey we’re exploring on the podcast — moving from fear-based faith toward freedom. Enjoy the series!
In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson sits down with Del Burnett for a conversation about what happens when the beliefs you once defended with certainty begin to fall apart.
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Before Slutty Grace was a podcast, it was a journey. My journey.
In this special episode, Jeromy Johnson shares the story behind his own faith shift as a guest on Leslie Nease’s podcast, Honoring the Journey. Many listeners have asked how Jeromy moved from evangelical ministry and certainty into the world of faith deconstruction, progressive Christianity, and radical grace—and this conve...
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What happens when religious trauma collides with mental health crisis—and your old faith doesn’t survive the fall?
In this raw and deeply honest conversation, Kristi Williams shares her journey from high-control Christianity to psych ward hospitalization—and into real mental health recovery.
Together, they unpack religious trauma, psych ward hospitalization, nervous system dysregula...
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What if God isn’t changing your circumstances… because He’s changing you?
In this deeply personal episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy sits down with Chris Jones, host of the podcast Spiritual Hot Sauce, for a raw conversation about suffering, pride, fear-based faith, and spiritual transformation.
What begins as a discussion about fear-based religion and confusing church with God quickl...
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If love is the measure of theology, what does that mean for LGBTQ+ people in the Church?
In this powerful episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson sits down with renowned theologian Dr. Thomas Jay Oord to confront one of the most urgent questions facing Christianity today: Are LGBTQ+ people fully embraced by God—and should they be fully included in the Church?
Drawing from his groundbreaking wor...
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What happens when a former youth pastor sits down—not to defend his past—but to listen?
In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson reconnects with Autumn Lindsey, a former middle-school student from his youth ministry who has since deconstructed evangelical Christianity and now identifies as a None—someone no longer affiliated with organized religion. What unfolds is not an ar...
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What happens when you take Jesus seriously—but can’t take American Christianity at face value anymore?
In this episode, Jeromy sits down with Stuart Delony—pastor-turned-satirist, writer, and host of Snarky Faith—for a conversation that’s as honest as it is disarming. Together, they explore faith deconstruction not as a phase to survive, but as an ongoing human process ...
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In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson is joined by Jason Clark and David Artman, two of the most influential and trusted voices in the contemporary Christian universalism and universal reconciliation conversation.
Jason Clark is a pastor, theologian, and host of Rethinking God with Tacos, a podcast known for thoughtful, accessible conversations about faith, doubt, and the character of God....
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What happens when everything you thought you were, suddenly vanishes?
In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy sits down with his close friend Dave Everly for an honest, unfiltered, and, at times, humorous conversation about faith collapse, Christian deconstruction, and what happens when identity unravels alongside belief. Dave shares his journey through pastoral burnout, religious trauma, sham...
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Twenty-five episodes. Four months. Hundreds of stories of grace unfolding.
In this Season One Wrap-Up of Slutty Grace, host Jeromy Johnson pauses to reflect on the journey so far: from launching a podcast rooted in radical grace and Christian deconstruction, to the unexpected conversations, guest stories, and listener responses that shaped the first season.
Jeromy shares how Slutty Grace came to life...
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What if the Bible is far more playful, hopeful, and grace-soaked than we were ever told?
In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson sits down with R.A. Sweeney (Reed), a Hebrew scholar and author whose deep immersion in the original biblical languages reveals a God overflowing with love, humor, and relentless grace. Reed shares how learning Hebrew and Greek cracked open the text, uncovering lay...
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